After the fight, Khan challenged English rival Kell Brook. "I wanted to prove a point coming back", he told the BBC. "Amir, all the fans want the fight, I want the fight", Brook said.

But an unimpressed Brook said: "He doesn't want the fight, he just ran off".

The plan now seems to get both fighters out in similar level outings in June or July before a deal is thrashed out for a fight towards the end of the year. That fight I'm not rushing and I'm not running away from. Promoter Eddie Hearn admits it will be a complex fight to negotiate and sign, though the Matchroom Sport boxing chief is optimistic it will eventually take place. Kell Brook has been living off my name for a long time. I trained for a 12-round fight. "I'm two years out of the ring but I'm back with a big bang". Khan's defensive vulnerabilities - against his effectiveness as an attacking fighter with arguably the fastest hand speed in the sport - intrigues both the boxing aficionado and the wider sporting public and, at this stage, bad boy Broner would make a flawless summer opponent, if it is not to be Brook.

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